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IP-adress — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • IP address noun A number assigned to a device so that other devices on a network can find it and send data to it, in the same way a postal address tells a courier where to deliver a parcel.

Senses

IP-adress is used for these senses in English:

  • IP address (Internet) A number assigned to each computer's or other device's network interface, which are active on a network. supporting the Internet Protocol, in order to distinguish each network interface, and hence each networked device) from every other network interface anywhere on the network.

IP address — full definition

  1. noun A number assigned to a device so that other devices on a network can find it and send data to it, in the same way a postal address tells a courier where to deliver a parcel.
  2. noun Such a number treated as a rough indicator of where a person or device is connecting from, used by websites to guess a visitor's country or region.